53 Black-Owned Hair Care Brands You Can Support

53 Black-Owned Hair Care Brands You Can Support

With Black women and men purchasing nine times more beauty and grooming products than any other ethnic group, yet owning less than 1% of that market share, it’s only right that we support the brothers and sisters who have stepped into the industry and created products for us, by us. Here are a few other Black hair care lines to try. If you know of a Black-owned hair care brand that isn’t listed, let us know in the comments below. Download our app to discover over 5,000 Black-owned businesses you can support HERE.

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She’s Happy Hair is a phenomenally successful, veteran, black-owned business that recognized a void in the community. Seizing the opportunity to provide great customer service, products and a sense of social responsibility, the company has grown into a household name with six storefront locations in Houston, the Dallas-Ft. Worth area as well as Detroit, Michigan and plans to open more stores in the immediate future. She’s Happy Hair is the #1 virgin hair supplier in the United States; with an online store that ships worldwide, this international brand has a five-star product line that includes their all natural shampoo, conditioner, and Sleek Edges (edge control). Approaching their seventh anniversary in business She’s Happy Hair shows no signs of slowing down.

As a sister about to launch my own skincare product my question is why does ALL black beauty products, have the same look. I mean immediately i see it i know its black owned by just the packaging alone. Is that right, dont you think when you do that you pigeon hole your self to ONLY one demographic or race . You need dollars from EVERYBODY not just one demographic. Just my 2 cents, I am going to make sure my packaging scream (I AM BLACK) – i want money from every race.

What about GNatural Products and Alpha Club 4 Men these are not only black owned products they are award winning. Please visit http://www.gnatural.net and http://www.alphaclub4men.com and instagram is @gnatural and @alphaclub4men products are sold in Wegmans, Mom’s Organic Market to name a few.

I started making my own products myself girl. There’s a bunch of recipes at at a site called https://www.curlytea.com. A few of the recipes are free but It’s subscription based. Honestly the fee is cheaper than any one product I’ve ever bought since I went natural.. They tell you everything to get and have videos showing you how to make it.

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Kadima Organic Beauty Products, should be listed. I have used a lot of products and I would say this is the first all natural products I have came across. You could actually understand every word in the ingredients list. Most of which I use to do diys. But ever since I have discover this hair line I hardly do DIY’s anymore. I urge everyone to try it. This is has good as it gets, especially for the vegan community, in addition to people looking to live a healthier lifestyle.

I own GLARE Organics Body Company. An organic and natural wellness company featuring my own green and white tea based hair and skin care products, as well as other products from feminine care to supplements for weight loss that are all black-owned. (I also carry other products that are not black owned as well).

I am a black woman with a short natural. Just wanted to say that first.- now what is all the fuss considering there are so many black women wearing Indian “hair” weaves, down to their butt’s, not to mention the wigs that have ben worn for years. Take into consideration the few blacks who have branded wigs (their name on the package), how many actually have black manufacturers producing these produces or is the manufacturer a China or India business. . . . and most of the time they barely speak to us unless we are spending money in their stores, in our neighborhoods.
No one seems to remember when Revlon, TCB, Flori Roberts, etc. made products with formulas that weren’t chemically produced for our hair and to even be more insulting they had the nerve to put a black woman on the package/ad.

Wow… this list is incredible but I can not pull the plug on SM just yet. There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears that built that company and I am sure it took them years to see a profit. In addition, they employee thousands, many of whom are black. I remember when major carriers would not even sell black hair products and we were limited to internet orders, local vendors, or worse, the Korean owned hair store on the corner, which many of us still patronize. Carols Daughter and SM paved the way for mainstream store presence which gave an opportunity for many of the owners of the products listed here. I am thankful for Bain Capital’s investment because it paved the way for venture capitalist, through the sucess of SM, to look deeper into many black owned start ups. Many of us still work for, shop at, eat at, get gas at, and pay mortgages to non-black owned companies on a daily basis, therfore, Right now thousands of black owned businesses are begging for capital to grow and keep their doors open. SM is not Pepsi and I refuse to let this mistake, which they have apologize for, keep me from supporting a black owned company. No, they are not cancelled. I am proud to continue to support SM and all of the companies listed above.

Y’all super petty for this. This is why black businesses can’t grow. The owner of Shea Moisture went on Roland Martin to explain that he has commercials featuring darker women with kinky hair but this one was made to expand the brand to a larger base. It’s funny how no one gets up at arms when CoverGirl uses Queen Latifa or Beyoncé to sell their products to blacks, but we’re hot mad when a black person wants to expand their base beyond blacks who by and in large give their money to ASIAN HAIR BUSINESS OWNERS anyway. A lot of priorities need to be checked out and it’s not just Shae Moisture. Stop being so quick to tear black businesses down and then wonder why there are none. This 25-year, well established business actually gives back to the community. Did you know that?

If they changed the formulas as well as their targeted customers that logic is not sound. When customers are no longer getting the results from the pricey products why would they continue to throw good money after bad?

Glad to have this list, many I have heard of from naturallycurly.com. Others I haven’t heard of, which gives me something new to try. How’d you all know I was trying to finish up my jar of Sm curl enhancing smoothie?! lol

That is the point. They are not going to go bankrupt. There are people on both sides of the issue that will walk away, or stay.
I stopped using their hair products awhile ago because it was not working for my hair after awhile, and I no longer use shea products
I have been using their skin care products. they have some nice stuff, but it’s not the best, and therefore, I am not brand loyal, They will expand, but without my money, I am now looking to give someone else an opportunity.

I don’t understand why we are so upset with this company that makes good products and has one commercial we don’t appreciate. So what if he wants to expand his base. It’s a little hypocritical too if truth be told, We want the white companies to diversify. So now in order to get big we have to as well. Maybe he’ll be one of the good companies that invests in other black run businesses and brings them up.

I was trying to find the article you all wrote about the black owned soft drink companies we can support instead of Pepsi! Couldn’t find it, can someone post a link? Or we only do this to our own????
Asking for a friend….

I was trying to find the article you all wrote about the black owned soft drink companies we can support as oppose to Pepsi but couldn’t find it! Can someone please post a link? Or we only do this to our own???

Kinky Curly’s front page features two women of color and one white woman. Having one white women on there is an issue? Are white people with coarse, curly hair not allowed to use products suited to their needs?
The outrage isn’t that white women were included at all, it’s that it was ONLY white women in the commercial. They could have included a black woman and still gotten their point across (that their product line is expanded to all hair types)

Simisola Naturals is a new and wonderful organic all-natural line of body butters… they’re AMAZING!!! The body butters are marketed mostly as lotion, but I use it in my hair too, and it’s amazing. They also sell pure coconut oil and plain whipped Shea butter that you could use for your hair. It’s owned by a black college girl so the products are super affordable. You can find their stuff at: https://www.instagram.com/simisolanaturals/

I would also like to add http://www.treasuredlocks.com to your list of black-owned hair care companies. They are owned by a husband-and-wife team (Brian and Tywana Smith) and are based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Great, great company specializing in African-American hair care products.

Another great black owned and operated hair care company is Doris NYC http://www.dorisnewyork.com. I’ve tried a few other companies that you have listed and have found Doris New York to be very affordable and an excellent product for all types of hair.